In the accompanying drawings by Gustaf Estlander, Stockholm, we can show our readers the Royal Swedish Sailing Society’s raffle boat. It is a 40-square-metre archipelago cruiser built to the new construction regulations, whose harmonious lines are sure to delight any sailor. The dimensions are clearly shown in the drawings.
Like most European countries, Sweden is suffering from an economic depression. As a result, the construction of new private sailing yachts is taking place only on a very limited scale. To promote the development of the sport, the larger clubs in Sweden are stepping in and organising raffles of high-quality class yachts amongst their members. This approach has proved extremely successful in Sweden. Thanks to the yachts available through these raffles, Swedish yacht clubs have successful new builds at their disposal every year, enabling them to compete in the major national and international cup races.
In Germany, too, it has been decided to follow this path. The North German Regatta Club and the Hamburg Yacht Club have each put forward a new 30-square-metre Schärenkreuzer as a prize in this year’s raffle. It would be most welcome if the other larger German clubs were also to offer genuinely valuable class boats for a prize draw amongst their members every year, rather than, like the Cruiser Section, making do with raffling off a smaller boat.
